# Pickering (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pickering/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English, from the English town.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,582 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,653 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,732 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (13,154 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pickron |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pickering in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pickering in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Pickering

- Edward Charles Pickering, American astronomer (1846–1919)
- Timothy Pickering, American statesman (1745-1829)
- Adrienne Pickering, Australian actress
- Thomas R. Pickering, American diplomat
- Charles Pickering, American anthropologist, botanist, and physician (1805-1878)
- Chip Pickering, American politician
- Harry Pickering, association football player (born 1998)
- Marc Pickering, British actor
- William A. Pickering, British colonial administrator (1840–1907)
- Finlay Pickering, British cyclist
- Monica Mayhem, Australian pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Pegram, Pokorny.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.